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John Davies (10 June 1814 – 11 June 1872) co-founded the Australian newspaper ''The Mercury''. Davies was a Jew born in London, England. He was transported to Hobart, Australia as a convict in August 1831, for ordering candles on someone else's account. His father had been transported to New South Wales only a few years before. On 5 July 1854 he and Auber George Jones, a Tasmanian pastoralist, published the first edition of ''The Mercury''.〔"Death of Sir George Davies", ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 13 November 1913, p. 13.〕 In 1871 Davies passed the management of ''The Mercury'' to his sons,〔Boyer, p. 234.〕 and in June, 1872 Davies opened up the theatre building (which he then owned) to homeless people seeking temporary shelter due to floods. He caught a chill from which he died on 11 June 1872. Davies' son John played first-class cricket for Tasmania and was thrice Mayor of Hobart. ==Sources== * Boyer, P. (1981) "Davies, Sir John George (1846 - 1913)", ''Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 8'', Melbourne University Press. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Davies (publisher)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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